Anders Christian Nielsen, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Real estate speculator
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About Anders Christian Nielsen
- Anders Christian Nielsen (June 30, 1848 – January 16, 1929), known only as A.
- C.
- Nielsen, was a real estate speculator in early 20th century Junction City, Oregon.
- His efforts helped to create a Danish farming community in Lane County, Oregon.
- The annual Scandinavian Festival would not exist without Mr.
- Nielsen's Danish colony.
- He also helped to found the Junction City Danish United Evangelical Lutheran Church, now known as Faith Lutheran Church (Junction City, Oregon).In 1902, A.
- C.
- Nielsen left Tyler, Minnesota and purchased at auction 1600 acres east of Junction City, in an area now in the vicinity of Dane Lane.
- The land was auctioned by F.
- T.
- Plank and Company for Gait C.
- Millett.
- Millett later became Nielsen's real estate partner.
- Nielsen placed advertisements in a Danish language newspaper, the Dannevirke, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, for parcels of 10 to 60 acres.
- Another publication to carry the advertisements was Den Danske Pioneer in Omaha, Nebraska.
- The farms were purchased by European immigrants, many born in Denmark, and within a few months the Danish colony came into existence.
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